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CVE-2006-5781

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5781 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in iodine version 0.3.2, specifically within its handshake function. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted DNS response. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:iodine:iodine:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0362 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

code.kryo.se / iodine/CHANGELOG.txt
secunia.com / advisories/22674
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29995
osvdb.org / 30182
securityfocus.com / archive/1/450399/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20883
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4333